By Dr David John Muscatello

Journal articles

Muscatello DJ; Cretikos MA; MacIntyre CR, 2010, 'All-cause mortality during first wave of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, New South Wales, Australia, 2009', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 1396 - 1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1609.091723

Churches T; Conaty SJ; Gilmour RE; Muscatello DJ, 2010, 'Reflections on public health surveillance of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in NSW.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 21, pp. 19 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb09046

Earnest A; Beard JR; Morgan G; Lincoln D; Summerhayes R; Donoghue D; Dunn T; Muscatello D; Mengersen K, 2010, 'Small area estimation of sparse disease counts using shared component models-application to birth defect registry data in New South Wales, Australia', Health and Place, 16, pp. 684 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.02.006

Carter CK; Sparks R; Graham P; Muscatello D; Churches T; Kaldor J; Turner R; Zheng W; Ryan L, 2010, 'Understanding sources of variation in syndromic surveillance for early warning of natural or intentional disease outbreaks', IIE Transactions, 42, pp. 613 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07408170902942667

Thackway S; Churches T; Fizzell J; Muscatello D; Armstrong P, 2009, 'Should cities hosting mass gatherings invest in public health surveillance and planning? Reflections from a decade of mass gatherings in Sydney, Australia', BMC Public Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-324

Cretikos MA; Muscatello DJ; Patterson J; Conaty S; Churches T; Fizzell J; Chant KG; McAnulty JM; Thackway S, 2009, 'Progression and impact of the first winter wave of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in New South Wales, Australia.', Eurosurveillance, 14, pp. 28 - 36

Sparks RS; Keighley T; Muscatello D, 2009, 'Improving EWMA Plans for Detecting Unusual Increases in Poisson Counts', Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, 2009, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/512356

Carlson SJ; Dalton CB; Tuyl FA; Durrheim DN; Fejsa J; Muscatello DJ; Francis JL; d'Espaignet ET, 2009, 'Flutracking surveillance: comparing 2007 New South Wales results with laboratory confirmed influenza notifications.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 33, pp. 323 - 327

Muscatello DJ; Thackway SV; Belshaw DA; McGrath D, 2009, 'What can public health surveillance of emergency department presentations for acute alcohol problems tell us about social trends in drinking behaviour?', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 237 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02768.x

Schindeler S; Muscatello D; Ferson MJ; Rogers K; Grant P; Churches T, 2009, 'Evaluation of alternative respiratory syndromes for specific syndromic surveillance of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus: a time series analysis', BMC Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. online, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/190

Belshaw D; Muscatello D; Ferson MJ; Nuekic A, 2009, 'Rotavirus vaccination one year on...', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 33, pp. 337 - 340, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi3303j.htm

Muscatello DJ; Morton PM; Evans I; Gilmour R, 2008, 'Prospective surveillance of excess mortality due to influenza in New South Wales: feasibility and statistical approach.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 32, pp. 435 - 442

Hope K; Durrheim DN; Muscatello D; Merritt T; Zheng W; Massey P; Cashman P; Eastwood K, 2008, 'Identifying pneumonia outbreaks of public health importance: Can emergency department data aissist in earlier identification?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32, pp. 361 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00255.x

Hope K; Merritt T; Eastwood K; Main K; Durrheim DN; Muscatello D; Todd K; Zheng W, 2008, 'The public health value of emergency department syndromic surveillance following a natural disaster.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 32, pp. 92 - 94

Zheng W; Aitken R; Muscatello DJ; Churches T, 2007, 'Potential for early warning of viral influenza activity in the community by monitoring clinical diagnoses of influenza in hospital emergency departments', BMC Public Health, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-250

Moody WE; Hendry RG; Muscatello D, 2007, 'Were attendances to accident and emergency departments in England and Australia influenced by the Rugby World Cup Final 2003?', European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14, pp. 68 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.mej.0000228450.37974.a8

Turner R; Muscatello D; Zheng WH; Willmore A; Arendts G, 2007, 'An outbreak of cardiovascular syndromes requiring urgent medical treatment and its association with environmental factors: an ecological study', Environmental Health, 6

Zheng W; Muscatello D; Chan AC, 2007, 'Deck the halls with rows of trolleys ... emergency departments are busiest over the Christmas holiday periods', Medical Journal of Australia, 187, pp. 630 - 633

Muscatello DJ; Searles A; Macdonald R; Jorm L, 2006, 'Communicating population health statistics through graphs: A randomised controlled trial of graph design interventions', BMC Medicine, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-4-33

Muscatello DJ; Cretikos MA; Bartlett MJ; Churches T; Carter IW; Eastwood K; Heron LG; McPhie KA, 2006, 'Planning for pandemic influenza surveillance in NSW.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 17, pp. 146 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb06038

Muscatello DJ; Churches T; Kaldor J; Zheng W; Chiu C; Correll P; Jorm L, 2005, 'An automated, broad-based, near real-time public health surveillance system using presentations to hospital Emergency Departments in New South Wales, Australia', BMC Public Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-5-141

Torres M; Muscatello D; Eyeson-Annan M, 2005, 'Development of a standardised regional report from the NSW Health Survey Program.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 16, pp. 8 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb05003

Telfer BL; Moberley SA; Hort KP; Branley JM; Dwyer DE; Muscatello DJ; Correll PK; England J; McAnulty JM, 2005, 'Probable psittacosis outbreak linked to wild birds', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11, pp. 391 - 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1103.040601

Brotherton JML; Bartlett MJ; Muscatello DJ; Campbell-Lloyd S; Stewart K; McAnulty JM, 2003, 'Do we practice what we preach? Health care worker screening and vaccination', American Journal of Infection Control, 31, pp. 144 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mic.2003.24

Lincoln D; Muscatello D, 2002, 'Burden of Disease New South Wales - Feasibility Report', Public Health Research & Practice, 13, pp. 1 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb02s50

Muscatello D, 2002, 'Program for Enhanced Population Health Infostructure (PEPHI)--a report of responses to the November 2000 discussion paper.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 13 Suppl S-2, pp. 1 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB02S12

Muscatello D, 2002, 'Release of Program for Enhanced Population Health Infostructure (PEPHI): a report of responses to the November 2000 discussion paper.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 13, pp. 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB02049

Lincoln D; Muscatello D, 2001, 'Time trends in emergency department presentations of children with acute severe asthma in NSW', Public Health Research & Practice, 12, pp. 293 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb01098

Muscatello D; Travis S, 2001, 'Using the International Classification of Diseases with HOIST', Public Health Research & Practice, 12, pp. 289 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb01097

Muscatello DJ; O'Grady KA; Neville K; McAnulty J, 2001, 'Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis: Public health implications of recent clusters in New South Wales and epidemiology of hospital admissions', Epidemiology and Infection, 126, pp. 365 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268801005568

Muscatello D; Mitchell R, 2001, 'Identifying work-related injury and disease in routinely collected NSW hospitalisation data', Public Health Research & Practice, 12, pp. 195 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb01066

Muscatello DJ; Rissel C; Szonyi G, 2001, 'Urinary symptoms and incontinence in an urban community: Prevalence and associated factors in older men and women', Internal Medicine Journal, 31, pp. 151 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-5994.2001.00035.x

Muscatello D; Sainsbury P; Rissel C, 2001, 'Informal Caring in Central Sydney.', N S W Public Health Bull, 12, pp. 12 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb01005

Muscatello D; McAnulty J, 2000, 'EpiReview: Arboviruses in NSW, 1991 to 1999', Public Health Research & Practice, 11, pp. 190 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb00086

Muscatello D; Saville G, 2000, 'The potential of the NSW Poisons Information Centre for surveillance of unintentional poisoning in young children', Public Health Research & Practice, 11, pp. 181 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb00083

Young JM; Muscatello DJ; Ward JE, 2000, 'Are men with lower urinary tract symptoms at increased risk of prostate cancer? A systematic review and critique of the available evidence', BJU International, 85, pp. 1037 - 1048, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1464-410X.2000.00659.x

McAnulty J; Habib M; Muscatello D, 2000, 'Meningococcal disease in New South Wales 1991-1999: EpiReview.', N S W Public Health Bull, 11, pp. 128 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb00057

Kirkham DJ; Muscatello DJ, 1987, 'Map migration and 3D modelling in a complex velocity medium', Exploration Geophysics, 18, pp. 120 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/EG987120

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